Pavlov demonstrated classical conditioning where he explained how dogs can associate saliva with food. He therefore said behaviour is learnt through conditioning Shows that we are conditioned to do something because we’ve learnt it though association Many experts argue that learning theory is more relevant to the learning shown by these species than it is to human learning. We are more complex than other species and possess language and much of our learning seems to go beyond classical conditioning
Harlow raised monkeys for lengthy periods in total isolation and then placed them with other monkeys in order to test who they would attach with. i. e. : a cloth covered artificial monkey or a wired version of a monkey Shows that babies of any species don’t just depend on caregivers for food but also need comfort and protection from caregivers Animal suffering must be found out by careful observation and experimentation.
Different species have different requirements, lifestyles e. t. c.so therefore we cannot just assume that we know about their suffering without studying them species by species Brady placed monkeys in restraining chairs and conditioned them to press a lever. They were given shocks every 20 seconds unless the lever was pressed during the same time period Shows that stress may be a casual factor in stomach ulcers If an animal is capable of suffering, humans shouldn’t feel that they have the right to inflict suffering upon them Charles Darwin composed a theory to account for the fact that animal species have evolved and continue to evolve.
It offers a good account of the facts in terms of understanding the concept of natural selection Whether we can generalise from animal findings to humans still remains controversial. Human behaviour is not as straight forward as animal behaviour Jouvet et al used cats to examine the effects of partial sleep deprivation specifically animals that are deprived of REM sleep Shows that sleep does appear to be necessary and there is no correlation between the amount of sleep and performance or intelligence.